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ἀηδόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀηδόνιος

Structure: ἀηδονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of a nightingale, the nightingale's

Examples

  • ἐν κινήσει γὰρ εἶναι ἀμφότερα, μὴ οὔσησ τῆσ ἀπονίασ ἢ τῆσ ἀηδονίασ κινήσεωσ, ἐπεὶ ἡ ἀπονία οἱονεὶ καθεύδοντόσ ἐστι κατάστασισ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. h'. ARISTIPPOS 25:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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